MultiCare Health Systems is a non-profit health system of hospitals, physicians, clinics, and urgent care centers serving the southwest region of Washington State. It has been our sponsoring institution since 19__. It continues to foster a supportive relationship and has provided the program with a highly trained team and facilities to care for our patient population.

Our main training facility is located one block from Tacoma General Hospital where the residents hospitalize the majority of their patients.

Tacoma Family Medicine Family Practice Center is housed on the 3rd floor, the OB Access Clinic is on the 2nd floor, and our Specialty & Procedure Clinics are on the 4th floor. Northwest Laboratories and MultiCare Clinic Pharmacy are also located within the same building complimenting the full scope of care that we can provide for our patient’s convenience.

TACOMA FAMILY MEDICINE

TACOMA GENERAL HOSPITAL and MARY BRIDGE CHILDREN’s HOSPITAL

Tacoma General Hospital and Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital serve as an excellent training facilities for our residency program. They are immediately adjacent to each other, and are located one block from the Family Practice Center.

Tacoma General Hospital includes 391 beds, 11 operating rooms (including open heart surgery and neurosurgery), 22 bed Adult ICU, ER, Level II Trauma Center, and Level III NICU.

Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital includes 72 beds, Pediatric Level II Trauma Center and Emergency Services, and a Pediatric ICU staffed by 7 pediatric intensivists. Mary Bridge Children’s Health Center provides outpatient pediatric services in 25 specialty clinics.

Day Surgery of Tacoma is MultiCare’s outpatient surgery center located across the street from Tacoma General Hospital in the Frank S. Baker Medical Center. It has 4 surgery suites and is fully equipped to handle all outpatient surgeries from hernia repairs to laparoscopic procedures to cataractecomies. Residents often join both the TFM faculty and community attendings in this facility and participate in scheduled surgeries.

DAY SURGERY OF TACOMA

TACOMA FAMILY MEDICINE FAMILY PRACTICE CENTER

The Family Practice Center serves as the heart and the hub of resident training. The residents work with a highly trained staff who understand the needs of our underserved patient population. The core staff consists of 3 front office receptionists, 1 triage nurse, and 8 back office nurses. In addition, we receive ancillary support for our OB patients from the maternal support services staff from OBAC.

TFM NURSES DISCUSSING A CASE IN THE FPC

PROCEDURE ROOM IN THE FPC

The clinic includes:

2 modules (Team 1 and Team 2)

Team 1 module: 11 exam rooms

Team 2 module: 10 exam rooms

Preceptor room housed in the center of both modules for easy access for the residents in clinic

All FP faculty offices are on the same floor as the FPC for easy access to all FP faculty

Medical library with Internet access located in the Preceptor room

4 exam rooms equipped with videotaping capabilities

10 resident workstations, each equipped with their own computer that contains EpicCare, our electronic medical record, and Internet access MITCH SAGERS PA-C & DR. DAVIS PRECEPTING WITH FACULTY, DR. VANBUSKIRK

RESIDENT WORKSTATIONS IN THE FAMILY PRACTICE CENTER

DR.ACOSTA & NURSE CARING FOR A FP PATIENT

DR. MILLER (R3) & DR. ZOPF (R2) WORKING IN THEIR OWN RESIDENT OFFICE

DR. MURRAY EXAMINING A CHILD’S EAR

The OB Access Clinic serves as the prenatal clinic where the residents work during their OB rotation. The residents work with a highly skilled nursing and maternity support services staff who have been trained to care for our high risk OB population. The OBAC staff includes 1 certified nurse midwife, 2 LPNs, 1 RN, and a maternal support services staff made up of 3 case managers and 1 dietitian. The MOGA faculty provide the resident supervision.

OBAC STAFF

THE OB ACCESS CLINIC

The clinic includes:

8 exam rooms

1 procedure room

2 OB ultrasound & NST rooms

Counseling offices

6 workstations housing computers that contain EpicCare, our electronic medical record, & Internet access

Specialty Clinics

TFM ORTHOPEDIC CLINIC

The Orthopedic Clinic is located on the 4th floor of the Medical Center building, one floor up from the FPC. The residents rotate through this clinic during their orthopedic and sports medicine rotation. It is staffed by one FP faculty and a community orthopedist. The clinic includes 4 exam rooms, and 2 procedure rooms for casting.

The Colposcopy Clinic is located on the 4th floor of the Medical Center building, one floor up from the FPC. The residents rotate through this clinic during their GYN rotation. It is staffed by one FP faculty. The clinic includes 4 exam rooms, and 2 procedure rooms. Our colposcopy unit enables us to record images digitally into a computer for easy retrieval and comparison of images from previous studies. We also offer cryotherapy and LEEP.

TFM COLPOSCOPY CLINIC

TFM OUTPATIENT PROCEDURE CLINIC

The Outpatient Procedure Clinic is located on the 4th floor of the Medical Center building, one floor up from the FPC. The residents rotate through this clinic on a longitudinal basis during their R-3 year. The clinic includes 4 exam rooms, 2 procedure rooms, and is fully equipped to perform most outpatient procedures including minor surgery, vasectomy, circumcision, flexible sigmoidoscopy, nasopharyngoscopy, colposcopy, LEEP, cryotherapy, and pulmonary function testing.

The Foot and Ankle Clinic is located on the 4th floor of the Medical Center building, one floor up from the FPC, and houses the Podiatry Residency Program sponsored by MultiCare Health Systems. Residents are given the opportunity to spend elective time in this clinic. The clinic also provides a service for our patients in a convenient location.

MULTICARE PODIATRY RESIDENCY CLINIC

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